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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Februabv 13, 1908. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NUBSERTMEN. 



Pres.. J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; Vice-Pres., 

 C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; Sec'y, Geo. C. 

 Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Treas., C. L. Yates, 

 Rochester, N. Y. The 33d annual convention will 

 be held at Milwaukee, June, 1908. 



Peter Youngers, of Geneva, has been 

 elected treasurer of the Nebraska State 

 Horticultural Society to serve his twen- 

 ty-second consecutive term. 



The Orroville Nursery Co., of Orroville, 

 Wash., has been incorporated with $1,- 

 500 capital stock, by David W. F. Reed, 

 James F. Irving and John R. Fraser. 



Abies concolor, or white fir, is a 

 hardy tree from the western states. It 

 grows rapidly and attains the specimen 

 stage in a remarkably short time. The 

 needles of this fir are dark green and 

 %-ery effective. 



The Palisades Nurseries, Sparkhill, 

 N. Y., have been incorporated with $15,- 

 000 authorized capital stock. The di- 

 rectors named are Angus McGillivary and 

 John M. Stevens, of Palisades, and 

 James Cochran, of New York «ity. 



The Grand View Nursery and Orchard 

 Co., of Des Moines, la, will erect a new 

 oflBce building, 24x50 feet, at the pack- 

 ing grounds. The mail order business 

 to date this season is reported to be 

 better than it was in the same period 

 last season. 



Nurserymen, who have relied upon 

 their banks for assistance to keep large 

 forces of agents on the road during the 

 winter, were cramped during the last three 

 months, but now find money easier; how- 

 ever, many of the nurseries that sell 

 through agents say that a large part of 

 the business, lost by whatever reason, 

 will not be regained this season. 



The ofiicers of the Tennessee Nursery- 

 men's Association, elected at the recent 

 convention at Nashville, are: President, 

 Frank McCord, of Nashville; vice-presi- 

 dent for West Tennessee, H. A. Byrns, 

 of Silvia ; vice-president for Middle 'Ten- 

 nessee, E. W. Chattin, of Winchester; 

 vice-president for East Tennessee, E. S. 

 Dougherty, of Knoxville; secretary- 

 "treasurer, G. M. Bentley, of Knoxville. 



REAPPRAISEMENTS. 



Th^ following reapjjraisements of nurs- 

 ery stock imported through the port of 

 New York were announced February 8: 



APPLE STOCKS.— From Chas. Detrlehe. Sr., 

 Angers." exported Dec. 28, 1907; entered at 

 New York. Kile No. 47801. Invoice No. 11468. 

 Findings of Hay, G. A.: Apple stocks, 1 vr. 

 .needling and 1 .vr. tree, 7-12; entered at 21.50, 

 advanced to 22.50 francs per 1000. Add case. 



NURSERY STOCK.— From Pierre Sebire & 

 Son, Uss.v, exported Dec. 23, 1007: entered at 

 New York. File No. 47870. Invoice No. 1014.!. 

 Findings of Hay. G. A.: Myrobolan, 1 yr. .T ."> 

 m-m: entered at 5.75 francs per 1000. Pear, 

 ditto; entered at 4 francs per 1000. Mazzard. 

 ditto; entered at 5.50 francs per 10<k). Pis- 

 count, lu per cent. Advanced by making dis- 

 count 5 per cent. 



ASTILBE DAVIDII. 



A visit to Little Silver, N. J., last 

 week found John T. Lovett and his office 

 force over head and ears in the com- 

 pletion of a new catalogue. Mr. Lovett 

 has some 45,000 square feet of glass de- 

 voted e.\clusively to the cultivation of 

 " herbaceous stock, of which he has over 

 '1,000 varieties. Phlox, hollyhocks, 

 peonies and iris are his specialties. The 

 Astilbe Davidii is in his opinion the 



Astilbe Davidii. 



best novelty for florists in his entire col- 

 lection. Its long, graceful pink panicles 

 will make it especially valuable for cut- 

 ting. It remains in flower for many 

 weeks and is absolutely hardy. To give 

 an idea of the magnitude to which the 

 business of supplying hardy ornamental 

 nursery stock has grown, over 200 acres 

 at this place are devoted to this class 

 of stock. For one item, Mr. Lovett 

 carries a quarter of a million plants of 

 California privet. In addition to all 

 this, there is a fruit farm where 8,000 



peaches are in bearing, 2,500 apples, 

 2,000 cherry trees and over twenty acres 

 of pears. Add to this the 3,000 hens, all 

 of one variety, the White Leghorn, and 

 you have some conception of the business 

 enterprise of this old-time nurseryman 

 of over thirty years' experience. 



The outlook for the nursery business 

 this spring is most encouraging. One 

 single order for an extensive planting in 

 April amounts to oveT .$20,000." 



Close to the station Mr. Lovett has 

 purchased ten acres of land, whereon he 



Extra well branched. 2-year-olfl. 2 to 3 feet, $35.00 per lOOO 

 1-year-old, 12 inches, $15.00 per lOOO. » , ■ t 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 



Extra fine well rooted, 2-7ear, light grade, for lining out, $20 00 per 1000; 10,000 for $150.00. 



California Privet 



ytmA»>ir»an Arhm*.Vi#nA 4 to 5 feet. Sis'.OO per lOO. 3 to 4 feat.'Sto.OO per lOO 

 American MrOUr-Vliae 5 toe feet, $ 17.00 penoo. Extra fine stoclc. 



Wistaria Purple 2to3feet, $7.50perl00;l60.00perl000. 3 t<r4'{eet,|K>g<»t>er 100. 



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Jos. H. Black, Son & to., Hight$t6Wn, N. J. 



